1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; requiring legislative approval of proposed changes to the
1.3 Sentencing Guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09,
1.4 subdivision 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 11.Modification.The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of
1.8modifying and improving the guidelines. Any modification which amends the Sentencing
1.9Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, or which would result
1.10in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of
1.11a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating to a crime created or
1.12amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by
1.13January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the change and shall be
1.14effective on August 1 of that year, unless if the legislature by law provides otherwise adopts
1.15or amends the modification. All other modifications shall take effect according to the
1.16procedural rules of the commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the commission
1.17shall submit a written report to the committees of the senate and the house of representatives
1.18with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy that describes the commission's activities over
1.19the previous year and identifies and explains all modifications made during the preceding
1.2012 months and all proposed modifications that are being submitted to the legislature that
1.21year.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/MI 25-0071311/25/24
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 299
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Scott, Backer, Witte, Nash and Gander01/23/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy